CORPUS CHRISTI - The driver of a 2003 Kia Sorento was arrested on suspicion of intoxication manslaughter after police said a passenger died during a single-vehicle wreck Monday.

Officers were called to the intersection of Staples Street and Kostoryz Road at 5:47 a.m. and had to restrict traffic for about two hours.

Police believe the Sorento was traveling north on Kostoryz, and the driver attempted to turn left onto Staples. The vehicle hit a curb and flipped, throwing a 22-year-old man sitting in the back seat out of the vehicle.

Police said the vehicle landed on the driver's side, and two female passengers were uninjured. Officers said the man who was ejected was not wearing a seat belt and died at the scene.

Investigators believe speed contributed to the wreck. Officers said they found Michael Valenzuela, who was driving, with marijuana in his possession. He had a blood draw taken at Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial.

Valenzuela, 22, who was on probation for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, was being held in the Nueces County Jail on charges of intoxication manslaughter and possession of marijuana. Bail was set at $50,000 for the intoxication manslaughter charge and $500 for the drug possession charge.